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The causes and
course of the war
- Causes of the war
- Strategic
- British were interested in expanding
their empire in Southern Africa
- Africa was of key strategic
importance because it was a
trade route to England
- They didn't want the Boers to
join their territories to the
German posessions nearby
- Gold
- Boer regions became
attractive to British
miners
- Gold was discovered in 1886
- British felt that with this new
wealth Boers would become
more powerful.
- The Uitlanders
- British were annoyed that
they had been denied the
vote
- Uitlanders were
(mainly British)
foreigners living in Boer
lands
- Were not able to vote in
Orange Free State and the
Transvaal
- Main events of the war
- First Phase
- October 1899- January 1900
- 12th October, the Boer's
declared war after the British had
refused to withdraw troops from
the borders of Boer territory
- British suffered a series of
losses during Black Week and at
Spion Kop
- Besieged at
Ladysmith,
Kimberly and
Mafeking
- Commander of
British forces
was Redvers
Buller
- Second Phase
- February
-June 1900
- Kimberly and
Ladysmith were
relieved
- Bloemfontain
was captured
- By June 1900 British had
taken Johannesburg and
Pretoria
- The British
believed they had
won the war
- British commander
during this phase
was Lord Roberts
- Third Phase
- Late 1900 and
throughout 1901
- Boers fought back with
a determined guerilla
campaign
- Boer commandos
attacked British
railways and supply
lines
- British responded by
clearing Boers in to
concentration camps
- Gained the upper
hand in 1902
- May 1902 the Peace of Vereeniging
- British commander
during this phase was
Horatio Kitchener